Antique Silkwork Embroidery 'Sweet Poll of Plymouth'. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Fixed to linen with wood backing. The embroidery is worked in silk and hair all on a silk ground, in a variety of stitches. Colours golds, light brown, black, pink, greens and yellow. Picture titled, 'Sweet Poll of Plymouth', depicts a young lady stood against the rocks, watching as her lover leaves on a ship to Botany Bay. The scene is based on a song by Charles Dibdin. There is some related information stuck on the reverse of the piece.
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Dimensions
13.25ins high by 10ins wide
Circa Date
George III, circa 1800
Description
Antique Silkwork Embroidery 'Sweet Poll of Plymouth'. Framed in an old wood frame with gilt slip and glass. Fixed to linen with wood backing. The embroidery is worked in silk and hair all on a silk ground, in a variety of stitches. Colours golds, light brown, black, pink, greens and yellow. Picture titled, 'Sweet Poll of Plymouth', depicts a young lady stood against the rocks, watching as her lover leaves on a ship to Botany Bay. The scene is based on a song by Charles Dibdin. There is some related information stuck on the reverse of the piece.
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